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THE OMINECA MINER, SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1912,

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The Omineca Miner
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SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1912.

Many 1 Lives Sacrificed To Speed

The most appalling marine disaster of all time has
stricken the world with horror, ‘The Titanic, widely
advertised as the newest, largest and best passenger
steamer, making her maiden voyage from Southampton
to New York, struck an iceberg and went to the bottom,
earrving with her 1601 of her passengers and crew,

The passenger list included hundreds.of prominent
men, many of whom were outstanding figures in finan-
cial, industrial and artistic spheres, their names being
household words in the English-speaking world.

The causes leading to the disaster are plainly to be
geen, The officers of the Titanic, under the spur of
orders to break all records for the transatlantic passage,
and under the eye of the chief owner, drove the vessel
at :errific speed, Even in the iceberg-strewn waters
off the Newfoundland Banks, where the polar stream,
running like a river, carries the menace of death in
nearly submerged mountains: of ice, the steamer was
making over twenty-one knots an hour. In the midnight
darkness the vessel struck a great mass of ice, at the
very moment the visible portion of the berg was dimly
seen a quarter of a mile distant. Irrefragible evidence
of the failure of the shipowners to provide for the safe-
ty of their passengers is afforded by the record of the
facts. Striking the iceberg at midnight, the steamer
remained afloat for two and a half hours, but in that
time less than one-third of the passengers and crew
found safety in the boats. It is told that Bruce Ismay,
the chief owner, whose name will be held in execration,
was one of the first to take to the lifeboats.
other male passengers played the part of men in seeing
to the safety of the women and children; while. many
hundreds of the passengers faced death in such man-
ner aa they might; while the captain, having obeyed the
owner’s orders, probably against his own better ‘judg-
ment, sought instant death when that obedience brought
disaster, the poltroon Ismay chose a lifeboat and crew,
and made certain of his own safety.
makes his punishment possible may perhaps reconcile
the people on both sides of the ocean to his continued
existence,

There is hardly any part of the North American
continent that will not feel, in some measure, the effect
of the Titanic wreck. In Hazelton and the Northern

- Interior the most notable feature of the disaster is felt

to be the death of Charles M. Hays, the moving spirit
of the Grand Trunk Pacific railway. | What effect the
loss of the president of the company will have upon its
future remains to be seen, and depends largely upon
the character of his successor. § The late Mr. Hays,
however, impressed himself upon the people of the
nation as 2 man whom it will be difficult to replace.
Others well known here were among the passengers
lost on the ill-fated Titanic. Hugo Ross, of Winnipeg
and Vancouver, a widely known and popular young land
operator, controlled a large area of land at Francois

lake, and was engaged on plans for its development. |

E. P. Colley, of Victoria, has spent the last five seasons
surveying in the’ Francois and Ootsa lake districts, and
was known to hundreds in this district. © Thomas Mc-
Caffrey, of Vancouver, was superintendent of. British
Columbia branches for the Union Bank, and was held
in high esteem throughout the province,

While |

That his action ~

4 | McDonell,
3 | Harris, :
{|Lynch, Slim Creelman, Pat Al-
}|dous, Red McDonell and Coach

Why We Need Good Reads

3. Todevelop cur natural re-
sources, :

8, to lower the cost of market-
ing our agricultural products,
which already amount to a value
of $14,000,000 per annum.

- 8 To open up vast areas of

_ wild land waiting for the plow.

_4, To tap the rich mineral dis-

“tricts, of which less than one-third
have been prospected.

6. To develop our rich timber
areas,

6. To permitof easy and econ-

‘Jomical travel for business and
“pleasure.

q. To’enhance values, and by
esabning tiie: cost of transporta-

tion to “Feduée the high cost of

nd : living.

8. ‘To complement the rapid
“extension: of. the . great. railway

yetems.
. To make our ‘geenery’ and

7 limate revenue-producing. —

i Foster, Deputy Minister Bue

wet Ae Work, | Victoria.

if

C. P. R. Enters Austria ,

London, April 15:—The ‘Cana-
dian Pacific is about to run traing
of observation cars over the rail-
roads of Austria. The Austrian
government has just concluded
aremarkable contract with the

"|¢ompany which is likely to have

important, results upon Canada’s |*
relations . with all Southesstern.
Europe, Being anxious to foster
trade with Canada and also to
encourage transatlantic travel to
Tyrol! and other newly-opened
districts which are becoming the
fashionable tourist playground of
Europé, the Austrian govern-
ment selected the Canadian Pa-
cific in preference to American
railroads to run obsérvation cars
of the well-known Canadian Pa-
cifie design on the Austrian state
railways and also in parts of
Switzerland.

The cars are now being con-
structed at Nesseldorf, Austria,

“ from m Cenaglian, Pacific designs,

A
Shortstop do
With grounders so hot they hiss,
With both hands stuck
Up in the air
Spraddled
legs out
his like
And this?

What can a batter do when
He strikes at a ball but miss,
When the piteher sends it wind-

zag
line this?
like

editor, The Miner requested a
local baseball enthusiast to pre-
pare some diamond news for this
issue. This is what he perpe-
trated. (The editor assumes no
responsibility) :

The baseball season, so far as

¥|/the ‘Peavine’ league is con-

cerned, will open tomorrow, when
the Hazelton Tigers, last year’s
champions, will come to grips
with the insurgent aggregation

“4 lwhich is instigated by William

Davis and captained by Billy
Lynch. The genial timberman
has spared no expense—of time
or effort—in recruiting and coach-
jng his team, and will see the
ambition of a well-spent life
realized if he can but crush the
spirit of the relentless “Taggers,’’

The Tigers expéct to leave the

3 clubhouse with nearly the same
3 | line-up as they had last season,
Z|the principal changes being in

the battery, with Simpson and

F|Mills taking the places of Rock
and Jennings, who made the bigt.

lump come in the enemy’s neck

3 |in days gone by, Promoter Davis
4 | has quite a few surprises to un-

cover, and expects the Insurgents

4 | to take the first trick, if whisper-
jjed confidences count for any-
3|thing. His battery will be Roy
4 | McDonell and Homer Norman.

A warm dispute arose at

3|Slinger’s Academy last evening

between adherents of the two
teams, the bone of contention
being the refusal of the Insur-
gents to reduce their number

}|from twenty-two, which is be-

yond the salary limit of the
league. It is believed, however,
that some of the redundant play-

j|ers-will be eliminated after the
i \first game.

Tomorrow the Insurgents will

j\play a team chosen at random
}\from the following all-star list:| ¢
4 | Skipper Little, John Bull Hether-
3 /ington, Dutch Cline, Sam Eby,
4/Emmie Price, Ed McBurney, H.
3 | Norman,
z|O’Brien, Warden Larmer, Paddy

A. E. Fawcet, R.
‘Long McAfee, Rye
Hugh Harris, Duke
Jack Wrathall, Billy

McEwen,

©| Davis.

The Tigers at present i in stock

‘tare Rock, Daniels, E. Harris,
Sharpe, Mills, Lofquist, Brewer, | ¢

Kenney and Simpson.

‘game is looked for.

before the end. of the season,
The Telkwa -potato-pickers will
be led to the slaughter this:-sum-
mer, the wise ones say. “‘Square
Deal” O'Neill will: gum: up the
rujes as usual until he gets used
to them, |

, "For Sale

complete, with smokestack, pump|:
and fittings and 200 feet of new].

In the absence of the sporting |:

The Tigers will play the New 3
Hazelton Pioneers at Hazelton on | #.
Sunday, April 28,. when a lively | 4

It is announced that Prince 4
Rupert will play here some time |;
in July, and the Tigers will play |;
areturn game in the coast -clty|#

One 18-horad powel pipe boiler] :”

520 acres of land in

For Sale the Bulkley valley.

This includes the Mosquito Flats

with 60 acres plowed, fenced and
ready for seeding.

. COPPOCK, Hazelton, B.

FOE ee evry Totay ov

ning at eight o’clock in the Hazelton
Town Hall. BR. 0, MILLER, W: SEC,
H. F. GuAssey, W. PRES.

Latest Jewelry Novelties in Gold
and Silver. High grade watches.

Watch Repairing. .
O. A. RAGSTAD, Hazelton

Green Bros., Burden & Co.

Civil Engineers
Dominion and British Columbia
Land Surveypra

Offices at Victoria, Nelson, Fort George
and Hazelton.

B. C. AFFLECK, Mgr. Hazelton Office.

ALEX MICHEL
Good Store and Road House
MORICETOWN

- Halfway between Hazelton and
Aldermere

Meals 50¢ Beds 50¢

TEAMING

All ordera promptly and carefully
executed . ;

Leave orders atH azelton Hotel

A. M. “Ruddy

Hazelton, BC.

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Mines ‘and Mining

Good Properties for wr gale - — Cash or on
ond, Development and
Assessment ork,

Carr Brothers
Six Years In This District.
Hazelton, DB. Cc.

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Our stock of Drugs and Toilet Requisites is complete a

J. Mason Adams

Chemist and Drugegist

Hoxzelton i. B.C.

GALENA CLUB

Hazelton's Favorite Resort

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A Place To- ‘Spend Your Evaings

HIGHEST MARKET PRICES PAID

THE QUALITY STORE“ sszr™™ |
Roofing, Building Paper, Nails, Doors, Etc. |
C. V. S MITH GENERAL MERCHANT —

HAZELTON

| _adds to the value of the land.

&

along the line of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in Cen-

tral British Columbia. © Every mile of railroad construction
Buy before the completion ©

of the railroad.

—

NORTH COAST LAND COMPANY, Ld,

Suite 622 Metropolitan Building -
VANCOUVER, | B.C

Paid up Capital $1,500,000,

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Haliway House

$ Most convenient and comfortable
atopping place for travellers be-
tween Hazelton and Aldermere

LARGE STABLES
FIRST-CLASS MEALS AND BEDS

FRANK W. HAMANN
Proprietora

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A large assortment of
Real Photographic Post Card Views:

Cameras and Photo Supplies

Omineca Photographic — |

THE HAZELTON
PANTORIUM

ni Ha
‘. Dry Cleaning and Pressing
Prompt and Most Satisfactory Service

' Guaranteed

BATHS Finest Equipped Bath

Room In Town

Skeena Laundry

Lee Jackman, Prop.

Our Work is Good and our Rates|
Reasonable, : rc

Baths ‘Tn Connection
Galt and gee us. Next door ‘to
Telegraph office:

Sanne peseenamaaitdotnaund

WATER]

Delivered to any part “of, ‘lower

town for 50 cents ‘a barrel (45;

Leave orders”: vat’ the
PANTORIUM -

gallons. yo

pipe. -

Enquire at office'bf Inter:
{ot Lamber ComPenyy | Haslbon.

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‘Successor to Union Transfer”
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All Classes of Freight Handled with Care. and, Despatch
_ Ey and Oats for Sale. ° Office at Omineca Hotel

Do You Want A Pre-emption? a
‘ if so, now is the time to get one.
oe have some choice selections. |

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_Tellwa, B. c.

- Agent for 6 7. Pp. ‘Towneites, A
"Gray & Miligan Brothers, Sirvevara.. oe